Despite the surface similarities to Mandy, Stanley's cinematic return doesn't measure up to those lofty standards, but it's worth seeing if any of the factors that went into its making appeal to you...&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

There's enough material to get a taste of her fiery shows, uninhibited lyricism, and arresting fashion sense - silver-sequin hot pants above all - but not enough to fill out the standard running time.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

If the weirdest stuff in the film falls the flattest, like a couple of food-throwing scenes, I found the end unexpectedly touching. Turns out the filmmaker had one more 1980s-oriented magic trick up her sleeve.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

In the end, Synonyms... isn't a tragedy, but it's hardly a comedy either. It's more like a love story between a man and a country -- two countries, really -- that don't love him the way he wants to be loved.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

That isn't a knock against The Report, which is definitely worth seeing, but it hits familiar--if welcome--beats along the way, while the article presents a far thornier reality.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

Viewers scarred by Miike's more extreme entries may be surprised. It's not so much that he's never made a a film as zippy as this one, but that the more outrageous fare attracts more attention.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

The writer-director-producer's interest in father-son relationships isn't, I don't think, merely theoretical. If Depraved is a lesser work in his canon, it adds to a larger conversation around his abiding interest in this area. &dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

Klute is a cool film about a cool customer, but it's all a façade... [I]t's more of a character study in thriller garb, and Bree's cool affect is mostly a well-honed act.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

Marianne & Leonard is a lovely, touching film that never dares to suggest that a relationship that didn't follow the conventional romantic template doesn't deserve as much respect as those that do.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

From its velvety opening frames, in which his subject speaks slowly and thoughtfully to a radio interviewer, Abel Ferrara's 20th feature film feels like something the Italian-American iconoclast was born to make.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

Arantxa Echevarría's assured debut revolves around two Roma teens... The potential for tragedy comes from their patriarchal community's inability to accept same-sex romance, but the possibility for triumph lies with their stubbornness and strength.&dash; The Stranger (Seattle, WA) - EDIT

I'm not sure it's possible to make a completely successful film about the Manson Family, and the director dances around the edge of disaster at most every turn, but [the final] moment -- and Hannah Murray's ability to sell it -- is worth the wait.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

There's something about watching a filmmaker go for broke that's simultaneously fascinating and frustrating, even if this one leans more heavily on the negative side of that equation.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

The film has nothing to say about loneliness that you haven't heard before, i.e. it's for losers and loonies. Except that it isn't. And I wish the very talented Neil Jordan had made a film about that.&dash; Seattle Film Blog - EDIT

[Bujalski's] found a sly way to make his most political film, since he weaves current issues, like racial equity and illegal immigration, into the narrative without sapping the energy from the workplace comedy on the surface.&dash; The Stranger (Seattle, WA) - EDIT

Riley's ability to transfer his leftist politics intact from turntable to screen is truly miraculous. His film has a distinct look that ranges from pop-art bright to demonically dark, and Stanfield's lightly absurdist performance holds it all together.&dash; The Stranger (Seattle, WA) - EDIT

If [Ferenc] Török takes his time identifying the characters and their relationships to each other, his seventh feature offers a particularly rewarding payoff, and Elemér Ragályi's daguerreotype-like cinematography stuns at every turn.&dash; The Stranger (Seattle, WA) - EDIT